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Firefighters respond to a house fire on Freeman Street Friday. The fire was extinguished by around 4:30 p.m and the cause is still unknown. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

House fire breaks out on Freeman Street behind Dexter Park, 2 firefighters injured

Charlie Johnson March 28, 2025
Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a house fire on Freeman Street.
For the fire service and other first responders, balancing COVID-19 relief and droughts this  year proved to be difficult. ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/ DFP FILE

Drought, pandemic bring unusual fire season in Massachusetts

Allison Pirog September 14, 2020
“We even got to some conditions this summer where things were so dry that even a cigarette butt thrown out the window on the roadside could ignite cured-off and dry grasses.”
The City of Boston has improved its use of technology and data within government service, according to a policy brief released Monday by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. GRAPHIC BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Policy Brief highlights Boston’s data and analytics work

Sadiah Thompson April 6, 2016

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Rappaport Institute, in conjunction with the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology, the Inspectional Services Department and the Boston Fire Department,...

RENNER: Firefighters deserve workers' compensation for cancer risk

RENNER: Firefighters deserve workers’ compensation for cancer risk

Elise Renner December 10, 2015

A presumption law is one that will protect you no matter what — even if you don’t have any proof. This kind of law is especially important when it comes to doling out disability benefits to chronically...

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